Missing Riverview Man Found In Orlando

Update: The Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office reported just before 5 p.m. Monday that Claude Hester had been found in Orlando and is safe.

Earlier:

RIVERVIEW, FL — The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office is asking Tampa Bay area residents to keep an eye out for a missing Riverview man.

According to the agency, Claude Edward Hester, 81, left his home on Rhodine Road around 9:30 a.m. Sunday. Hester is believed to have been at the 10150 Bloomingdale Ave. Target around 1:30 p.m., but hasn’t been spotted since.

Hester is described as standing 6 feet in height and weighs an estimated 260 pounds. He has gray hair and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a green T-shirt, blue baseball cap, jeans and gray-and-white sneakers. He was driving a 1999 Oldsmobile Silhouette minivan that is gold in color. Its Florida tag number is 911WTH, the agency wrote in an email to media.

Anyone with information about Hester’s whereabouts is asked to call 813-247-8200.

Photo courtesy of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office

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